The snapshot
Staffstream is hiring a AI & Business Process Automation Lead for a growing Australian renewable energy company specialising in commercial and industrial solar, battery storage, and EV charging. The business handles everything from sales enquiries and estimating through to engineering, procurement, installation, and compliance, and it wants to grow by building smarter systems rather than just adding headcount.
This is a hands-on build role, not an IT management job and not a strategy-only job. You'd report to the Managing Director, learn how the business actually runs, find the repetitive manual work, and build practical AI-powered workflows that remove it. The first focus is Operations and Project Management, where you'd connect the business's estimating and job management systems so information is entered once and flows through. Success is measured in real outcomes: less manual admin, less duplicated data entry, and faster turnaround. This role is open to candidates based in the Philippines.
What you will actually do
First focus: Operations and Project Management
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Improve communication between sales, estimating, engineering, operations, and installation teams.
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Build AI agents that can handle multi-step tasks across connected systems, including document generation, email management, reporting, and task allocation.
Process automation and integration
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Review and document existing workflows, and spot duplicated data entry, communication gaps, and inefficient steps.
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Connect disconnected systems through APIs, webhooks, supported connectors, or automation platforms, where it makes technical and commercial sense.
Safety, governance, and training
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Test new workflows before they go live, with error handling, monitoring, and clear documentation so they stay maintainable.
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Sales and estimating automation, such as lead capture, RFQ and tender monitoring, pipeline updates, and sales dashboards.
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Engineering and compliance documentation, such as document tracking, network application workflows, and rebate administration. Technical design and compliance decisions always stay with qualified professionals.
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Experience with Claude, Power Automate, or similar automation tools (n8n, Make, Zapier). A bonus, not essential.
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Programming skills in Python, JavaScript, or similar, and experience with databases or reporting dashboards.
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Exposure to solar, renewable energy, electrical contracting, construction, or trade services. Helpful, but not essential: strong AI skills and proven results matter more.
The setup
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The role starts part-time at 20 hours per week, scheduled within Australian business hours. Full-time may be considered for someone with proven experience in a comparable Chief AI Officer role, ideally with exposure to the solar industry.
A stable, full-time role with a business that genuinely needs you and wants you to grow into it. You'd be trusted to own your area, not micromanaged, working with a small team that values someone who can take things off their plate and run with them.
On top of that, Staffstream looks after you properly:
You're employed compliantly under Philippine law: a proper local employment contract, your taxes handled correctly, and all your government-mandated benefits (SSS, PhilHealth, Pag-IBIG) plus 13th month pay. That means real security and peace of mind, not a loose freelance arrangement. Everything is above board and looked after for you.
You'd be employed by Staffstream and placed with our Australian client for this role. That means a proper local employment setup, real support if anything comes up, and a team behind you the whole way through, not just during the interview process.
